Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0391 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Apache | |
| Other Geographic Data | Community: Wide Ruins | |
| Maker's Name | Beatien Yazz (Beatian Yazz, Jimmy Toddy) (b. 1928) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on white watercolor paper, designed as a bookmark; Painting depicts Navajo silver concho belt consisting of 3 oval conchos and 2 rectangular spacers, the latter set with turquoise stone in center; Images are drawn in pencil and then painted in gray and blue watercolors; Painting is unsigned, but inscribed on reverse (presumably by Ruth C. Elkus) "A bookmark from Jimmy to Chip [Charles De Young Elkus]." | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.2, Length = 22.3 | |